Connecting to Collections: Statewide Implementation Grants

Deadline: 2/1/2012

Statewide Implementation Grants, an important component of the Connecting to Collections initiative, will fund a limited number of grants to implement the plans or models created with the Statewide Planning grants, addressing issues identified in the Heritage Health Index, to:
• provide safe conditions for their collections;
• develop an emergency plan;
• assign responsibility for collections care; and work together to increase public and private support for, and raise public awareness about, collections care.

These grants are designed to encourage people and institutions in each state to collaborate on the implementation of a plan that addresses the specific and most pressing needs of its collections-holding institutions.

Applicants are expected to report what has already been done, name the organizations and people to be involved in the implementation process, and outline their plan's specific steps to improve collections care.

American Honda Foundation

The American Honda Foundation supports youth education, specifically in the areas of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, the environment, job training and literacy.

Deadlines are four times a year, the next on is November. Grants range from $20,000 to $60,000 over a one-year period. The informational page is pretty robust with lists of grants from 2005 through 2009.

Proposals are submitted online in a process that begins with applicants taking an Eligibility Quiz to ensure the program meets certain qualifications.

Hartford Public Library YA Success Story

The Hartford Public Library's Community Needs Assessment project of the 2010-2011 LSTA cycle devoted the kind of time and attention to young adults that is rarely seen in libraries today.

The project founded a Teen Space Advisory Council composed of young adults from different schools in Hartford. They spent countless hours identifying and quantifying their vision of what the library could do to best serve youth with technology, study space, comfortable yet functional furnishings -- and after-school snacks!!

Read the Success Story on the Webjunction grants page.

NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting applications to their Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program.

This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively small grants to support the planning stages, NEH aims to encourage the development of innovative projects that promise to benefit the humanities.

Due date is September 27, 2011.

National Depression Screening Day = October 6, 2011

Held annually during Mental Illness Awareness Week in October, NDSD raises awareness and screens people for depression and related mood and anxiety disorders.

NDSD is the nation’s oldest voluntary, community-based screening program that provides referral information for treatment. More than half a million people each year have been screened for depression since 1991.

Components of NDSD include:

• Online mental health screening.
• Take a sample screening
• See what the online screening looks like
• For more information on screening
• In-person screening kits and educational materials:
• Community Kit
• Older Adult “FeelGoodBingo” Kit
• Downloadable Kit.
• Learn more about program offerings or register online.

8/23 U.S. Senate Committee on Aging Field Hearing on Elder Abuse - Hartford

The United States Senate Committee on Aging will be conducting a field hearing on elderly abuse in Connecticut on Tuesday August 23, 2011 at 10:00AM.

The hearing will occur at the Legislative Office Building on 300 Capitol Avenue in Hartford CT.

Senator Richard Blumenthal invites individuals who have been victims of abuse to share their stories at this field hearing.

If you are aware of anyone, please forward the information to Joe Rodriguez, Research Aide and Outreach Organizer; Senator Richard Blumenthal’s office; 30 Lewis Street, Suite 101; Hartford 860-258-6940 and mention the Field Hearing on Elder Abuse.

Questions can also be directed to Mr. Rodriguez.

Civics and Citizenship Toolkit

Just in case anyone missed it on the Welcome listserv.

USCIS is working to notify all immigrant-serving organizations of the Civics and Citizenship Toolkit, a free resource with materials for ESL, civics, and citizenship classes and programs. We are proud to announce that we have distributed almost 9,000 Toolkits since launching the new version in May. Please distribute the below message, or the attached flier, to community organizations that assist immigrants aspiring to become U.S. citizens.

Civics and Citizenship Toolkit
USCIS offers a free Civics and Citizenship Toolkit to community organizations that assist immigrants aspiring to become U.S. citizens. The toolkit provides educational materials that focus on both naturalization and civics. Here is the list of eligible organizations and link to register for a Toolkit. Interested individuals or organizations that do not qualify to receive a free toolkit may purchase a copy from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) Online Bookstore. For additional citizenship information and educational materials, be sure to visit the Citizenship Resource Center.